Marisca Mersch

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FC Marisca Mersch
Full nameFC Marisca Mersch
Founded1908
StadiumTerrain Schintgespesch
Capacity1000
ChairmanFrédéric Wiseler
Manager Mikhail Zaritskiy
League Luxembourg Division of Honour
2023-24 National Division, 15th (relegated)
Websitefcmarisca.lu

FC Marisca Mersch are a Luxembourg football club, based in Mersch. They currently compete in the Luxembourg National Division, having been promoted from the Luxembourg Division of Honour at the end of the 2022/23 season. [1] [2]

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History

The club was founded in 1908 under its current name. In 1940 as part of Germanisation of Luxembourg, FC Marisca Mersch was renamed Fussballklub (FK) Mersch. Following the liberation of Luxembourg, the original name FC Marisca Mersch was restored. [3]

In 1947, as runners up in Division 2 Serie 1, Marisca Mersch were promoted for the first time to the third level of the Luxembourg league pyramid for the first time, where they remained for 10 seasons. In 1963 they reached the Luxembourg Division of Honour, the second division in Luxembourg's football pyramid for the first time. [4]

In 2012 Marisca Mersch reached the final of the Coupe FLF, a cup competition for teams in the third to fifth divisions of the Luxembourg football league system. They lost in the final 6–0 to Jeunesse Junglinster. [3] [5]

In 2023 Marisca Mersch were promoted to the Luxembourg National Division for the first time, after finishing runners up in the 2022/23 Luxembourg Division of Honour season. [6] [7] 2023 also saw the club reach the final of the Luxembourg Cup for the first time, where they were beaten 4–2 by Differdange 03. [8] [9] [10]

The club has played at Terrain Schintgespesch since 1989. [11] [12]

Current squad

As of 1 March 2024 [13] [14]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.Pos.NationPlayer
2 DF Flag of France.svg  FRA Tanguy Wenner
5 DF Flag of France.svg  FRA Valentin Duarte
6 MF Flag of Luxembourg.svg  LUX Jedilson Varela
7 MF Flag of Luxembourg.svg  LUX Frédéric Thill
8 MF Flag of Luxembourg.svg  LUX Michel Jacobs
9 FW Flag of Luxembourg.svg  LUX Leonel Gomes
11 FW Flag of Luxembourg.svg  LUX Benjamin Bresch
13 DF Flag of Luxembourg.svg  LUX Patrick Esteves
14 DF Flag of Germany.svg  GER Mohammad Amir Mohammadi
17 MF Flag of Cameroon.svg  CMR Landry Meyong
18 MF Flag of Luxembourg.svg  LUX David Dadashev
19 MF Flag of Luxembourg.svg  LUX Nicola Schreiner
21 MF Flag of France.svg  FRA Lucas Gonzales
22 DF Flag of France.svg  FRA Lamine Fall
No.Pos.NationPlayer
25 MF Flag of Luxembourg.svg  LUX Rayan Natami
30 GK Flag of Cameroon.svg  CMR Stéphan Moussima
43 DF Flag of Luxembourg.svg  LUX Tun Held
44 DF Flag of France.svg  FRA Valdemar Correia
45 DF Flag of Luxembourg.svg  LUX Danilo Marcelino
60 GK Flag of France.svg  FRA Benjamin Salmistraro
71 GK Flag of Luxembourg.svg  LUX Guilherme Pereira Sequeira
75 MF Flag of Portugal.svg  POR Alison Martins
77 FW Flag of Luxembourg.svg  LUX Joel Rodrigues da Cruz
80 FW Flag of Luxembourg.svg  LUX Resul Musolli
88 MF Flag of Luxembourg.svg  LUX Andre Manuel Silva Moreira
92 MF Flag of Burkina Faso.svg  BFA Saidi Ndayishimiye
97 DF Flag of Luxembourg.svg  LUX Giuseppe Ferretti
98 GK Flag of Luxembourg.svg  LUX Tom Boussong

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  8. ↑ "LE FC DIFFERDANGE 03 S'IMPOSE 4-2 CONTRE LE FC MARISCA MERSCH". Fédération Luxembourgeoise de Football.
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